Collibra

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets for converting data into an enterprise asset. As data volumes and diversity grow, metadata management is even more critical to derive business value from the gigantic amounts of data. . What is Metadata? Again, a partial definition. .

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Interesting Twitter thread on how cell phone metadata can be used to identify and track people who don’t want to be identified and tracked.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 12, 2021

We gathered a corpus of 39664 PDF files published by 75 security agencies from 47 countries. We have also measured the adoption of PDF files sanitization by security agencies. We identified only 7 security agencies which sanitize few of their PDF files before publishing. Short summary: no one is doing great.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Security experts from ESET discovered a new piece of malware, tracked as CDRThief, that targets the Linux VoIP platform, Linknat VOS2009/3000 softswitches, to steal call data records (CDR) from telephone exchange equipment. “To steal this metadata, the malware queries internal MySQL databases used by the Softswitch.”

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erwin

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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Collibra

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Metadata management is a cross-organizational agreement on how to define informational assets for converting data into an enterprise asset. As data volumes and diversity grow, metadata management is even more critical to derive business value from the gigantic amounts of data. . What is Metadata? Who created this data?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2020

Malwarebytes experts observed crooks hiding a software skimmer in the EXIF metadata of an image that was surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores. While investigating a Magecart attack, experts found an e-skimmer code hidden in the EXIF metadata of an image file and surreptitiously loaded by compromised online stores.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2018

Interesting research: " You are your Metadata: Identification and Obfuscation of Social Media Users using Metadata Information ," by Beatrice Perez, Mirco Musolesi, and Gianluca Stringhini. Abstract: Metadata are associated to most of the information we produce in our daily interactions and communication in the digital world.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2019

Security expert discovered an exposed database belonging to Shanghai Jiao Tong University containing 8.4TB in email metadata. The exposed database containing 8.4TB in email metadata was discovered on May 22, 2019, through a Shodan search. . This database contained metadata related to a huge amount of emails. es website.

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erwin

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Security experts from ESET discovered a new piece of malware, tracked as CDRThief, that targets the Linux VoIP platform, Linknat VOS2009/3000 softswitches, to steal call data records (CDR) from telephone exchange equipment. “To steal this metadata, the malware queries internal MySQL databases used by the Softswitch.”

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 12, 2019

Interesting analysis: " Examining the Anomalies, Explaining the Value: Should the USA FREEDOM Act's Metadata Program be Extended? " Abstract: The telephony metadata program which was authorized under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, remains one of the most controversial programs launched by the U.S. by Susan Landau and Asaf Lubin.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Of course, data governance has evolved with astonishing speed, both in response to data privacy and security regulations and because organizations see the potential for using it to accomplish other organizational objectives. The post Metadata Management, Data Governance and Automation appeared first on erwin, Inc.

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Collibra

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

So, we are incredibly excited to announce that Collibra is a gold medal winner in this year’s SoftwareReviews’ Metadata management data quadrant awards. . According to SoftwareReviews, Collibra was up against a handful of data intelligence tools to determine the best metadata management solution. .

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erwin

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To help you prepare for 2020, we’ve compiled some of the most popular data governance and metadata management blog posts from the erwin Experts from this year. The Best Data Governance and Metadata Management Blog Posts of 2019. Four Use Cases Proving the Benefits of Metadata-Driven Automation. 1, 2020, to enact its mandates.

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IG Guru

MARCH 25, 2021

The post Over Half of Fortune 500 Companies Are Leaving Sensitive Information Open to Reconnaissance via Document Metadata via CPO Magazine appeared first on IG GURU. Check out the article here.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Advanced C4ISR capabilities offer players in active theatres of operation an opportunity to secure and maintain strategic and tactical advantage through enhanced situational awareness and knowledge of the adversary and environment by shortening the time between sensing and response.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

The security breach occurred on April 1, 2024, the threat actors used a Provider employee’s credentials that illicitly obtained through a phishing attack. The message logs did not contain any message content but did contain the phone number, phone carrier, country, and state to which each message was sent, as well as other metadata (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

MongoDB on Saturday announced it is investigating a cyberattack that exposed customer account metadata and contact information. The cyber attack was discovered on December 13, 2023, and led to the exposure of customer account metadata and contact information. We detected suspicious activity on Wednesday (Dec.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2023

Jenny Blessing and Ross Anderson have evaluated the security of systems designed to allow the various Internet messaging platforms to interoperate with each other: The Digital Markets Act ruled that users on different platforms should be able to exchange messages with each other. How much metadata will have to be shared, and how?

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 8, 2019

MPs are examining impact of national security laws on freedom of the press The Australian federal police has revealed it accessed the metadata of journalists 58 times in the 2017-18 financial year.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A couple of security vulnerabilities in Apache SuperSet could be exploited by an attacker to gain remote code execution on vulnerable systems. addressed two vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2023-39265 and CVE-2023-37941 , that could be exploited to take control of Superset’s metadata database. Version 2.1.1

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

A ruling in an appeal by four men convicted of material support for terrorism finds that the National Security Agency's metadata collection program not only violated the prevailing law at the time but was also likely unconstitutional.

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AIIM

JULY 6, 2021

With this massive transition underway, many organizations struggle to maximize productivity and resilience while building a seamless and secure digital workplace. And with multiple collaboration tools deployed, organizations lack a consolidated platform causing content management overhead, security gaps, and siloed assets.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 25, 2019

Cybereason Says Theft of Subscribers' Call Metadata Could Be Linked to Chinese APT Group Attackers - likely operating from China - have been surreptitiously hacking into global telecommunications providers' networks to quietly steal metadata and track subscribers - and those with whom they communicate - as part of an ongoing cyber espionage operation, (..)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2024

National Security Agency (NSA) admitted to buying internet browsing records from data brokers to monitor Americans’ activity online without a court order. released documents that confirmed the National Security Agency (NSA) buys Americans’ internet browsing records without a court order. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2019

Metadata spying. Metadata is worthy of a separate examination. Despite warnings from cybersecurity academics, whistleblowers or former NSA and CIA agents, the general public shows no animosity toward metadata surveillance. Metadata can be used to reverse-engineer and pinpoint identity quite easily.

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The Texas Record

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Recently, we have received many questions about metadata. Most of the inquiries about metadata revolve around two questions – What is metadata and why is it important. The purpose of this article is to discuss whether metadata is part of an electronic record and if so why. So, what is metadata?

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 26, 2024

US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.

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Collibra

MAY 3, 2022

When the time comes to invest in a metadata management product, there’s one shared sentiment that spans industry, niche, and company size–buyers want the best, easiest, and more reliable solution in the market. Choosing a metadata management solution . Investing in a metadata management solution is not always easy.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

. “The covert self-developed tool and the associated C2 commands seem to be the work of a sophisticated, unknown threat actor who has targeted approximately 100 victims,” SafeBreach director of security research Tomer Bar wrote in a blog post today detailing the findings. Phishing on LinkedIn. A Critical Mistake.

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erwin

JUNE 26, 2020

Organizations with particularly deep data stores might need a data catalog with advanced capabilities, such as automated metadata harvesting to speed up the data preparation process. Three Types of Metadata in a Data Catalog. The metadata provides information about the asset that makes it easier to locate, understand and evaluate.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

. […] Uncropped versions of images can be preserved not just in Office apps, but also in a file’s own metadata. A photograph taken with a modern digital camera contains all types of metadata. Many image files record text-based metadata such as the camera make and model or the GPS coordinates at which the image was captured.

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National Archives Records Express

MAY 25, 2023

With the rise of technology, the need to preserve valuable records and documents in a secure and easily accessible manner has become more pressing than ever before. This is necessary to ensure that the records remain accurate, accessible, and secure. Digitization has become a crucial component of record-keeping for government agencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

nuvola is the new open-source cloud security tool to address the privilege escalation in cloud environments. nuvola is the new open source security tool made by the Italian cyber security researcher Edoardo Rosa ( @_notdodo_ ), Security Engineer at Prima Assicurazioni. Cloud Security Context.

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AIIM

APRIL 27, 2021

Lower Security and Compliance Risk – the heightened classification and organization features of most cloud content platforms automatically ensure governance and regulatory protocols. Step 1: Improve Content Metadata. High-quality metadata is essential to improving search results. How can you achieve these lofty goals?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2021

While many cybersecurity vendors approach zero trust from the perspective of microsegmentation , shrinking the network as much as possible, one startup thinks security needs to be as close to the data as possible and is thus focused on data storage. Secure file server stops attacks.

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